Chords is a “medieval” fantasy set in the same world as Jester, but about a decade earlier. At the time of the story, the western human kingdom of Amelior has begun invading the eastern... More > lands, apparently with imperial ambitions. To complicate matters, there are hints of magical assistance—despite a ban on magic for the past two centuries—leading to the death of key figures and the fall of several cities to Amelior’s armies. At the time of the story, a former Ameliorite knight (Bram) and a mercenary (Gareth) are thrown together by circumstances, and find themselves forced to work together to help the eastern kingdoms withstand Amelior’s steady advance. But Bram has not escaped his past, and will need Gareth’s help to defeat the ancient magic that is following in his wake.< Less

The chords you find in this book will help the student of piano or organ learn to play like a true professional. This was its original purpose...to help my many students learn as quickly and as... More > proficiently as possible.< Less

The chords you find in this book will help the student of piano or organ learn to play like a true professional. This was its original purpose...to help my many students learn as quickly and as... More > proficiently as possible.< Less

Double stopping on the fiddle is when two strings are stopped by the fingers, and bowed simultaneously, producing a chord.
The most useful fiddle chords in several keys are diagrammed in these... More > pages.
You'll find also the the circle of fifths showing the relationships among the twelve tones of the chromatic scale< Less

Double stopping on the fiddle is when two strings are stopped by the fingers, and bowed simultaneously, producing a chord.
The most useful fiddle chords in several keys are diagrammed in these... More > pages.
You'll find also the the circle of fifths showing the relationships among the twelve tones of the chromatic scale< Less

Is there really a 'Secret Chord' that would both please the LORD and nearly everybody else as described in Leonard Cohen's popular song 'Hallelujah'?
Whilst a significant number of books have been... More > published exploring the relationships between music, art, popular culture and theology, many of which we have enjoyed and from which we have benefitted, they tend to be either academic analysis or semi biographical about artistes whose output the writers' enjoy. By contrast, The Secret Chord is an accessible exploration of artistic dilemmas from a range of different perspectives which seeks to draw the reader into a place of appreciation for what makes a moment in a 'performance' timeless and special.
The writers' experience of creativity is of disparate and often contradictory ideas being crushed, swirled, fermented, shaken and stirred in our minds in order that the fine wine of creativity results.< Less

Personal electronic devices, called ‘cuticle drives,’ are capable of producing superior art. As a result, the human role in the artistic experience has been relegated to consumption. Live... More > performances are fading away.
Boston Thomas, an aging former punk rocker and professor of music history at a beleaguered academic institution, is struggling to accept his obsolescence when he discovers an underground movement of musicians led by a charismatic and nomadic woman. She, and the various musicians Boston then encounters, have something in common: a seemingly coincidental allusion in their music to Handel’s Israel in Egypt, which Thomas Edison captured in one of the earliest sound recordings in human history. As their relationship deepens, Boston and the mysterious woman build a movement in the city’s forgotten urban center.
The Lost Chord asks how artists can evolve in the face of extinction to reclaim their roles as explorers of the progressive and sublime - not to fear change, but to personify it.< Less

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